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News posts tagged "Environment"

Reducing Urban and Suburban Heat

Aug 22, 2023
Phoenix's 'Cool Pavement' program. 'Surface solar reflectivity declined over 10 months from a range of 33 to 38 percent to a range of 19 to 30 percent across all eight neighborhoods. Untreated asphalt has a reflectivity of only 12 percent'. (City of Phoenix, USA) >
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Climate Change and Animals

Aug 15, 2023
Impacts of climate change on animals will be multi-faceted, reveals study. 'A new study published in CABI Reviews suggests that the impact of climate change on animals will be "multi-faceted" with "cascading effects" across five welfare domains, including nutrition, environment, behavior, physical and mental health.'  (Article in Phys.org, Science X Network) >
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A High-End Estimate of Sea Level Rise

Aug 15, 2023
A High-End Estimate of Sea Level Rise for Practitioners. 'Taking a co-production approach between scientists and practitioners, we provide high-end sea level rise (SLR) estimates for practitioner application based on an expert evaluation of physical evidence and approaches currently used in policy environments to understand high end risk.' (American Geophysical Union, Washington USA) >
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The Revenge of Gaia

Aug 07, 2023
The Revenge of Gaia: Earth’s Climate Crisis and the Fate of Humanity by James Lovelock (July 2006) Why the Earth is Fighting Back and How We Can Still Save Humanity 'For millennia, humankind has exploited the Earth without counting the cost. Now, as the world warms and weather patterns dramatically change, the Earth is beginning to fight back.'(Basic Books, New York, 2006, 177 pp, ISBN: 978-0-465-04168-8) Still available in several editions - Note: prices can vary widely) Available from Angus & Robertson. >
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Extreme Heatwaves: Surprising Lessons from the Record Warmth

Aug 07, 2023
'Climate scientists have long warned that heatwaves will strike more frequently and with higher temperatures as the world warms. But the future has arrived faster than researchers had feared, particularly in Western Europe, which is a hotspot for heatwaves, according to research published last month1. These aren’t just more and more-powerful heatwaves — they are record-shattering heatwaves that have defied expectations derived from climate models.' (Nature news journal) >
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CLIMATE CHANGE and the JET STREAM

Jul 27, 2023
Research Links Climate Change to Lazier Jet Stream, Leading to Extreme Weather. Article (Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, New York) >
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Australia’s Emissions Reduction Targets

Jul 27, 2023
Submission to the Climate Change Authority on setting, tracking, and achieving Australia’s emissions reduction targets. (The Centre for Policy Development, Melbourne) >
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The Ocean’s Color is Changing

Jul 18, 2023
The ocean’s color is changing as a consequence of climate change. 'The color changes reflect significant shifts in essential marine ecosystems.' (MIT News article, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts) >
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Economic Development and Climate Change

Jul 12, 2023
Six decades and more than 1600 regions worldwide: New database on economic development and climate change. 'A new Database Of Sub-national Economic Output (DOSE) for the first time provides sub-national economic data for six decades and more than 1600 regions worldwide matched with climate observations. Developed by experts of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) the database aims to o better understand the implications of global warming on regional economic development and the true costs of climate change.' (Potsdam Institute, Potsdam, Germany) >
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Climate Change and Flying

Jul 12, 2023
What share of global CO2 emissions come from aviation?' (Our World in Data, Global Change Data Lab, England) >
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